Pardue handed torch, lit up the season

Northeast QB guides team to first ever state semifinal game

7:03 PM,
Dec. 24, 2013

Northeast quarterback Montrell Pardue runs for a touchdown against Rossview during a district game earlier this season. Pardue helped guide the Eagles to the state semifinals in 3A and was named The Leaf-Chronicle/Legends Bank All Area Offensive Player of the Year.

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When Montrell Pardue thinks back to his senior year as a member of Northeast High's football team, he may not think about the playoff run that set a new bar in the program's histroy. He may not dwell on three straight Class 5A road games his Eagles won or playing host to the program's first state semifinal contest.

Pardue may remember more the obstacles and road blocks that lay in front of his team that Northeast navigated through en route to the school's most successful postseason run in history.

And Pardue was at the helm of that sprint to the finish line despite coming up short of reaching the tape. ...